Samuel Clark Simonton and Sylvia A. Gleason

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Husband Samuel Clark Simonton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 29 Apr 1822 1
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         Father: James T. Simonton (1800-1872) 4
         Mother: Catherine Clark (1798-1867) 5

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       Marriage: 13 Oct 1842 1

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Wife Sylvia A. Gleason ¹

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            AKA: Silva Gleason 6
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Children

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1 M Samuel C. Simonton, Jr. ^{3 7}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1851 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3 6
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         Spouse: Alda Alderman (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 19 Feb 1879 6

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2 F Mary A. Simonton ²

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            AKA: Mary C. Simonton 1
           Born: 18 Oct 1854 2
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         Spouse: Thomas Stewart (1844-      ) 1 8
           Marr: 1873 2

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3 M George W. Simonton ¹

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4 M Charles C. Simonton ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Clark Simonton

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They located in Clarksville, Greene County, Pennsylvania, where he worked at the mill-wright trade until 1850, when he took charge of a division of forty-nine miles in the superintending of the Beaver & Erie Canal, and was employed on that work until 1872, excepting two years spent in the war. He owned the farm of 100 acres near Clarksville, and some property in the borough. Politically he was a Dem-ocrat, and filled the office of justice of the peace twelve years, resigning in 1886 to accept the postmastership at Clarksville. Mr. Simonton was elected captain of a company organized at Clarksville during the War of the Rebell-ion; was afterward promoted to major and served two years. [HMC 1888, 911]

He was for many years superintendent of the canal division at Newcastle, Pennsylvania.

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General Notes: Wife - Sylvia A. Gleason

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from Portage Co, OH

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 911.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 706.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 402.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905, 911.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 875.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 875, 911.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 705.